Koata

1. (loan) (noun) quarter, quart.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 28-29;)

Ko te moni e puta ana ki a ia i te tau he koata miriona pāuna (TJ 16/8/1898:5). / The money that she receives each year is a quarter of a million pounds.

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Synonyms: kuata, hauwhā

kōata

1. (noun) (drinking vessel) glass.

2. (noun) (material) glass.

poro kōata

1. (noun) glass prism.

ngongo kōata

1. (noun) glass tube.

kōata whakarahi

1. (noun) magnifying glass.

mata kōata

1. (noun) sheet of glass.

Ngāti Koata

1. (personal noun) tribal group of Rangitoto (D'Urville Island) of the northern South Island.

(Te Kākano Textbook (Ed. 2): 113;)

kaka kōata

1. (noun) fibreglass.

E 20 mita te roa o te waka hourua nei i tāraia mai i te kaka kōata me te papa tāpatu (Te Ara 2013). / It was a 20-metre long double-hulled canoe made of fibreglass and plywood.

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